The National Commission of Audit Recommendations Sounds Like They’re Straight Out of The Onion
Sbs News] “WHAT THE NATIONAL COMMISSION OF AUDIT RECOMMENDED:
*Raise age pension age to 70 by 2053.
* Include the family home in a new means test from 2027.
* Raise superannuation preservation age to 62 by 2027.
* Slow the roll-out of the national disability insurance scheme.
* $15 co-payment to visit the doctor and access Medicare
services.
* Require wealthy Australians to have private health insurance.
* Increase co-payments for taxpayer-funded medicines.
* Open pharmacy sector to competition, such as supermarkets.
* Allow the states to impose a personal income tax surcharge,
offset by reduction in federal rates. If you have a PAN card and
need to correct something on it here is a correction form for changes.
* Scrap Family Tax Befit Part B and new means test for Part A
with maximum rate cut out at $48,837.
* Lower the paid parental leave scheme salary cap to $57,460 –
average week earnings – and use the savings for new child care
payment.
* States to be responsible for allocating all schools policy and
funding.
* Uni students to pay more for their degrees and lower local
repayment threshold to the minimum wage.
* New benchmark to lower growth in the minimum wage to 44 per
cent of average weekly earnings.
* Force young job-seekers to relocate or lose welfare benefit.
* Reduce the number of government bodies.
* Privatise Australia Post, NBN Co, Defence Housing, Snowy Hydro
amongst other government-owned enterprises.
* Abolish the Australia Network.”
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